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In the News (Sat 26 Dec 09)

  
 Memory
Memory clearly involves physical changes in the brain -- most likely some kind of facilitation at the synapse: Repeated experiences increase the efficiency of certain synapses by “pulling” receptor sites and axon endings closer together, as well as making the receptor neuron more sensitive over the long run.
The hippocampus seems to be involved in short term or working memory, and seems to be responsible for the transfer the information to the cerebral cortex, which is clearly the locus of most of our long term memory.
It is usually episodic memory (memories of events in your life, or even of your identity).
www.ship.edu /~cgboeree/memory.html   (2289 words)

  
 Memory
Memory clearly involves physical changes in the brain -- most likely some kind of facilitation at the synapse: Repeated experiences increase the efficiency of certain synapses by “pulling” receptor sites and axon endings closer together, as well as making the receptor neuron more sensitive over the long run.
The hippocampus seems to be involved in short term or working memory, and seems to be responsible for the transfer the information to the cerebral cortex, which is clearly the locus of most of our long term memory.
It is usually episodic memory (memories of events in your life, or even of your identity).
www.ship.edu /~cgboeree/memory.html   (2280 words)

  
 Memory
Memory clearly involves physical changes in the brain -- most likely some kind of facilitation at the synapse: Repeated experiences increase the efficiency of certain synapses by “pulling” receptor sites and axon endings closer together, as well as making the receptor neuron more sensitive over the long run.
Repression is the idea, promoted by Sigmund Freud, that we push painful memories out of our awareness and into a deep, dark place called "the unconscious mind." This is why traditionally we talk about going to a therapist to try to recover these traumatic memories so we can deal with them.
The hippocampus seems to be involved in short term or working memory, and seems to be responsible for the transfer the information to the cerebral cortex, which is clearly the locus of most of our long term memory.
www.ship.edu /~cgboeree/memory.html   (2280 words)

  
 Genetic Sexual Attraction - Birth, Family, Fear, Feelings, Genetic, Group, Human, Oregon, Physical,
Acknowledging the existence of such feelings raises the spectre of incest, and when these feelings become so intense that they threaten to cross the line over into the realm of physical and deep emotional involvement, many break off the relationship completely, or limit its scope rather than try to talk about it, says Bossert.
It has been suggested that a subconscious memory of the smell of one's own family may be recognized and, if so, would cause an actual physical reaction.
Find a support group whose leader is comfortable talking about the subject.
www.reunite.com /adoption-records/genetic-sexual-attraction.html   (2280 words)

  
 Memory
Therefore, when we talk about a computer's memory, we usually mean the RAM or physical memory in the system, which is primarily the memory chips or modules used by the processor to store primary active programs and data.
Memory storage is considered temporary because the data and programs remain there only as long as the computer has electrical power or is not reset.
The memory cells in a DRAM chip are tiny capacitors that retain a charge to indicate a bit.
www.pr-consult.com /corp-e-memory.htm   (1363 words)

  
 Memory
Therefore, when we talk about a computer's memory, we usually mean the RAM or physical memory in the system, which is primarily the memory chips or modules used by the processor to store primary active programs and data.
Memory storage is considered temporary because the data and programs remain there only as long as the computer has electrical power or is not reset.
Memory is the workspace for the computer's processor.
www.pr-consult.com /corp-e-memory.htm   (1363 words)

  
 Slava Oks's WebLog : A look at Virtual Address Space - VAS
In its turn the binding of VAS to physical memory is done base on underline page size, which could be 4kb or 8kb (There are also large pages 4MB and 16MB on x86 and IA64 but we will talk about them sometime latter).
VAS region can be bound to physical memory right a way or latter on when needed.
VAS is a memory resource that most of time gets overlooked when dealing with memory issues.
blogs.msdn.com /slavao/archive/2005/01/27/361678.aspx   (1284 words)

  
 Tom's Hardware Guide: Tom's Hard News
Rambus' strategy is based on the idea that memory controllers, like those made by Intel and SiS, have a "memory interface" that must talk to DDR DRAMs over a set of bus wires.
The physical circuits that electrically connect to and drive the wires and the associated logic is often called the memory interface.
Despite doubt of the high price of RDRAMs and emerging DDR technology, Intel repeatedly emphasized its supported and invested heavily in memory manufacturers who licensed Rambus' technology.
www.tomshardware.com /hardnews/20040511_122840.html   (1284 words)

  
 fosdem
This talk will discuss the physical memory scheduling in the Hurd on L4, the implementation of the default application memory manager, how POSIX applications can take advantage of it, and how highly specialized applications may use their own memory managers.
Links: Marcus Brinkmann Title: Interactions in a Multiserver Operating System: The Importance of a good RPC Framework Unlike in a monolithic kernel where all resource management and abstraction are implemented in the kernel, in a multiserver operating system, untrusted servers provide the mechanisms and the policy.
These separate components must interact in a secure fashion if the system is to fully provide protection domains and avoid unintended sharing.
web.walfield.org /fosdem   (1284 words)

  
 Mundane-SF
In this post, I would like to talk about memory and offer some examples of its portrayal in science fiction.
One aspect of memory that attracts writers of fiction for its dramatic potential is amnesia.
The character Jason Bourne from the film The Bourne Identity is an example of this form of memory loss.
mundane-sf.blogspot.com   (1284 words)

  
 Working With Mental Images
Object Images (a mental picture of an object producing sound, such as a bird, car, airplane, person talking, etc.) These images are usually clear and located where the object actually resides in surrounding physical space.
Focus on the memory image of that physical object until it completely vanishes.
It is often productive to work with these images as images in addition to working with the associated feelings and mind-talk.
www.shinzen.org /shinsub3/artWorkWithImage.htm   (6491 words)

  
 The King of Comedy
There's no bloodshed in it (save for a small cut the talk show host suffers at the hands of a crowd of fans), and little in the way of overt physical violence (the threat of violence is a constant).
Neither a sequel to a previous box-office success, nor an intergalactic hardware epic, nor a trip down a memory lane that never was, this tale of a would-be comic's obsession with a Johnny Carson-styled talk show host is every inch a movie of the Here and Now.
Everything about The King of Comedy is honed to an edge that will produce a precise effect.
www.ehrensteinland.com /htmls/library/koc.html   (1620 words)

  
 Chacon is in fight to gethis life back in order
Chacon might be losing his memory, but as long as there are boxing fans in Los Angeles, they'll talk about Schoolboy and Little Red in 1974, and that surprise knockout in the ninth round.
Chacon is hoping that with a place to hang out and a grueling physical activity to sap their youthful energy, he can save at least a couple of kids from the streets he knew himself as a teenager.
Chacon's words slide together as he explains that his memory is impaired because he fell off a trash bin and suffered brain damage.
www.usatoday.com /sports/other/sobx011.htm   (1333 words)

  
 The King of Comedy
There's no bloodshed in it (save for a small cut the talk show host suffers at the hands of a crowd of fans), and little in the way of overt physical violence (the threat of violence is a constant).
Neither a sequel to a previous box-office success, nor an intergalactic hardware epic, nor a trip down a memory lane that never was, this tale of a would-be comic's obsession with a Johnny Carson-styled talk show host is every inch a movie of the Here and Now.
The trouble is The King of Comedy 's Here and Now cuts too close to the bone for either large-scale mass audience approval or unanimous mainstream critical acclaim.
www.ehrensteinland.com /htmls/library/koc.html   (1333 words)

  
 Elysian Fields Quarterly - The Baseball Review
In the grand scheme of life, the fact that talented baseball players with physical gifts would risk their well-being by ingesting or injecting steroids into their bodies is but one of many minor tragedies that occur every day in the world.
I don't recall any discussion in baseball circles about performance-enhancing drugs or steroids, but my memory of that time period is pretty fuzzy—canceling a World Series will do that to a baseball fan.
Back in the early nineties, when home runs were flying out of ballparks as if there had been a change in the earth's gravitational pull, there was a lot of talk about juiced baseballs and, when the National League expanded to fourteen teams in 1993, about the watering down of competition in the majors.
www.efqreview.com /NewFiles/dugout.html   (1351 words)

  
 Overclockers Australia - MSI K7N420 Pro - nForce Motherboard
In this case, where most PC chipsets deal with memory sticks individually (and therefore send 64 bits at a time), NVIDIA claim their chipset, if two sticks of ram are present, will talk to them simultaneously allowing 128-bit access.
Note that only the nForce 420D chipset (as used on this MSI motherboard) has the TwinBank architecture, in the form of 2 separate 64-bit memory controllers.
Now that your head is about to explode from the theory of all that is nForce, let's jolt back to reality and take a look at the physical layout and features of this particular nForce board from MSI, the K7N420 Pro.
www.overclockers.com.au /techstuff/r_msi_k7n420_pro   (1324 words)

  
 Talk.Origins Archive: Exploring the Creation/Evolution Controversy
Talk.origins is a Usenet newsgroup devoted to the discussion and debate of biological and physical origins.
In warm memory of Tero Sand and Bob Schadewald
Most discussions in the newsgroup center on the creation/evolution controversy, but other topics of discussion include the origin of life, geology, biology, catastrophism, cosmology and theology.
www.talkorigins.org   (146 words)

  
 Gaslight Square Preservationist to Speak at SLU - News and Information Saint Louis University
A building contractor, Schneider will enliven his talk with an extensive slide show on the square and explain his group's attempts to preserve not only the memory of this vibrant area but also the fast-disappearing physical remains of its heyday as an entertainment mecca.
LOUIS -- Preservationist Patrick Schneider will discuss the history of the Gaslight Square district as well as efforts to maintain the area during an upcoming lecture at Saint Louis University.
Gaslight Square Preservationist to Speak at SLU - News and Information
www.slu.edu /readstory/newsinfo/1139   (134 words)

  
 news03.tex
Since the Workshop had been dedicated to the memory of Olin C. Wilson, the opening talk (by Robert Noyes) summarised the scientific legacy of Olin Wilson and gave an inspiring view of the early days of cool star research.
Our desire is to present our data, and complementary data from the Mt.\ Wilson and National Solar Observatory stellar and solar programs, in terms of physical fluxes.
However, our existing relations break down for mid-K and later stars and for giant stars, which form an important element of our target list.
casa.colorado.edu /~skinners/news/news03.tex   (134 words)

  
 MILC - Topic sliding into bdos [2/6]
The means to support the assignment of multiple physical devices to a given classification is done through the IOBYTE, normally stored at address 00003H of the base page of the CP/M memory.
The BIOS hardware I/O software may thusly be written to easily know which one of two printers to talk to when the BDOS requires output to one of two printers.
Operation is extremely simple as: RESET EQU 000H ;SYSTEM RESET FUNC BDOS EQU 0005H ;SYSTEM ENTRY POINT ORG 0100H LD C,RESET JP BDOS ;CALL ALSO PERMISSABLE ;EXCEPT THAT FUNCTION ;DOES NOT RETURN TO USER ;PROGRAM GET AND SET IOBYTE: Functions 7 and 8.
www.mccm.aktu.nl /millennium/milc/disk/topic_11.htm   (134 words)

  
 notes from the peanut gallery
Of course, the physical incarnation of any award is not the award per se, but still, some things look great on the mantel or the wall of your home.
They said that the Palanca award inspired them to continue writing along with the students who came to listen to me talk at the Central Luzon State University, who later asked if they could see the medal and touch it.
I have been writing stories all these years about lives I have left behind, relying mainly on memory and imagination.
www.kestrelstudios.com /blog/archive/2004_09_01_archive.html   (12254 words)

  
 Daniel Estulin: Destroying History in Iraq
I start with these mementoes because I am about to talk about what was to become a short while later, a fictional and a metaphorical death, and I want to give physical death its due-a mark of piety towards what is actually irreplaceable, untransferable in those artifactual lives now gone.
But the near-death of Iraq´s art, its rescue at the hands of memory and patience, are alarming brushes with the brutal violence of history, reminders of the appalling variety of ways in which real treasures can be lost.
History´s quest is not for a unit of time but rather for a universal perception of the sense of time-the lining of time and its essence.
www.counterpunch.com /estulin01102004.html   (1849 words)

  
 Hearing Voices Movement - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
People who hear voices, regardless of being able to cope with this or not have a burning need to construct a personal understanding for their experiences and to talk to other about it with others without being 'written off' as mad.
In a recent study, Romme et al (1998) found that the onset of voice hearing amongst a 'patient' group was preceded by either a traumatic event or an event that activated the memory of an earlier trauma.
70% of voice hearers reported that their voices had begun after a severe traumatic or intensely emotional event, such as an accident divorce or bereavement, sexual or physical abuse, love affairs, or pregnancy.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hearing_Voices_Movement   (1739 words)

  
 Grid Meter InfoWorld Infiniband's Role in Next-Gen Data Centers September 1, 2005 09:57 AM By Greg Nawrocki
It works around an architecture called RDMA (remote direct memory access) -- which basically allows the physical components of nodes in a fabric to talk directly, without having to go through the overhead of the TCP stack or bog down the operating system.
Insiders sort of pigeonhole Infiniband's value into high performance computing environments.
But I believe that as enterprise continues to evolve to "scale-out" environments (commodity hardware virtualized to behave like big SMP or mainframe systems) -- these discussions around the communication (and latency, I/O throughput, performance issues) between networked servers within a datacenter will become more mainstream.
weblog.infoworld.com /gridmeter/archives/2005/09/infinibands_rol.html   (415 words)

  
 talk artists initiative - 23 - Sandra Bridie
Garance as the female protagonist is desexualised and so I've always found Jean-Louis Barrault to be the most feminine of the characters in the film, his movements are so light, he runs like a ballet dancer, his features are so fine, and ethereal and dreamy that the physical world seems a bit much for him.
'Les visiteurs du soir' had imprinted itself on my memory since I saw it at Melbourne University in 1980, as a hauntingly beautiful film about two minstrels visiting a castle in the thirteenth century who were sent there by a mischievous, troublemaking Devil - I hadn't come across it since.
With 'Les visiteur du soir' Dominique has been in the company of the Devil since she was very young and once again it seems like a relationship born out of expediency and a type of protection to her.
home.vicnet.net.au /~talk/talk23.htm   (4718 words)

  
 IHES PREPRINT M/02/79
This paper is the content of a talk given in the memory of Louis Michel in January 2001, and has appeared as such in the Poincare seminar of October 2002 in Paris.
We then discuss the relation between the above occurrence of the Riemann-Hilbert problem, the interpretation of the renormalisation group as a group of ambiguity of physical theories and the still mysterious Galois theory that should account at Archimedian places for the connected component of identity in the Idele class group of class field theory.
The relation of the Hopf algebra of graphs with the group of formal diffeomorphisms of complexified coupling constants allows for a geometric interpretation of the renormalisation procedure.
www.ihes.fr /PREPRINTS/M02/Resu/resu-M02-79.html   (4718 words)

  
 Guardian Unlimited Technology Technology Radio active revolution
With a software-defined radio circuit, building in the ability to talk with many different types of radio circuit becomes a programming issue, and not a physical limitation.
In a positive move, the first handheld software radio was unveiled in Washington in May. Instead of specialist radio hardware, a software radio uses a simple receiver to throw the entire contents of a range of frequencies into computer memory, where software - and not hardware - does the signal processing.
In the era of software radio, many people think this is nonsense: when both the transmitters and the receivers can be instantly upgraded to increasingly improved transmission standards, interference ceases to be a problem.
www.guardian.co.uk /online/story/0,3605,994679,00.html   (1226 words)

  
 Acquaintance Rape
Acquaintance rape is using physical force, emotional bargaining, blackmail or mind games to force sexual intercourse, fondling, kissing, holding...
When victims are raped, they doubt their experience because of the impaired memory of it.
If there is no person you can talk to about your condition, call someone on the phone.
www.wcstx.com /friendrp.htm   (1226 words)

  
 Chacon is in fight to gethis life back in order
Chacon might be losing his memory, but as long as there are boxing fans in Los Angeles, they'll talk about Schoolboy and Little Red in 1974, and that surprise knockout in the ninth round.
Chacon is hoping that with a place to hang out and a grueling physical activity to sap their youthful energy, he can save at least a couple of kids from the streets he knew himself as a teenager.
Chacon has bounced between apartments and living with his mother in the house where he grew up in Pacoima, Calif. He was in an apartment in Hollywood when friends Marshall Wright and Berlin Roberts called on him earlier this year.
www.usatoday.com /sports/other/sobx011.htm   (1333 words)

  
 PCMCIA - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
CardBus includes the bus mastering ability, which allows a controller on the bus to talk to other devices or memory without going through the CPU.
CardBus is effectively a 32-bit, 33 MHz PCI bus, in the same physical form as the earlier cards.
Many chipsets are available for both PCI and CardBus cards, such as those that support Wi-Fi.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/PCMCIA   (712 words)

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